South Korea\'s short-form drama market is growing rapidly, but overseas operators are falling outside youth protection requirements, a lawmaker said. Lee Jung-heon (이정헌) urged improvements to the youth protection framework, warning regulation must not focus only on domestic firms. He said the regulator\'s Android-focused panel surveys and use of monthly users could exclude overseas companies. Officials pledged closer monitoring, focused reviews and changes to survey methods in cooperation with related agencies.

Global AI experts including Yann LeCun said South Korea can pursue development of its own AI models while also joining international joint development, urging expanded cooperation. At a Seoul briefing, AI Alliance co-chair Anthony Annunziata introduced Project Tapestry, a joint effort to build a common AI foundation model by pooling computing and research capabilities while keeping control of original data. The experts said pretraining costs are high with diminishing returns and called for industry-focused AI use.